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“As your UN Messenger of Peace, I feel unequivocally that today my obligation is to demand that we recognise that peace needs to be fought for… and that now is the time to fight… and that perhaps the best way to fight is to give people something to live for.”
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Deleted this tweet as I got it wrong. Supreme Court justices will be in Winnipeg for meetings and a retreat — they are not hearing a case yet, but Chief Justice Richard Wagner hopes to do so outside Ottawa in the future. My apologies; we strive for accuracy, not speed.
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Andrew Harris should be fine after taking a hit to the same knee he injured last week. Would have played had the score not been so lopsided.
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#NHLJets with no first round pick. But things are about to get busy as Rounds 2-7 begin at 10 am here in Dallas. Winnipeg has six picks. Stay tuned for all the latest from the draft floor here at American Airlines Center.#wfp pic.twitter.com/swNJtnPXav -
Winnipeg’s most famous and hotly-debated beard is officially Finnished.
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Mayor Brian Bowman now putting forward his motion to council seeking the renegotiation of UFFW President Alex Forrest's controversial salary deal. Council to vote shortly.
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Despite only being in grade 9, St. Paul’s student Trae Tomlinson is already the fastest kid in the province. Tomlinson ran an 11.43 in the JV 100m final at the MHSAA Provincial Track & Field Championships today. Varsity boys winner Jordan Soufi from Miles Mac ran an 11.54.
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Winnipeg police estimate 18,000 fans attended Thursday's whiteout street party for Game 4 of Jets-Preds series. That doesn't include those watching at nearby bars/restaurants, or the 16,000 at the game. In total, more than 34,000 fans are estimated to have come downtown.
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Canada’s opioid crisis deepened in 2017 and Manitoba is no exception, according to new government data. Nearly 4,000 people died as a result of opioids in 2017. That’s up 34 per cent from the previous year, with an 81 per cent jump in accidental deaths involving fentanyl.
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Manitoba by-election in St. Boniface will be called later today, premier says. Voting day July 17.
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Instead of a typical ribbon, a strand of two-ply toilet paper was snipped to mark the opening of the Winnipeg public pop-up toilet this morning
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Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame has announced the 2018 inductees: Jeff Stoughton (curling) Joe Daley (hockey) Don Brownell (handball) Donna McCannell Keating (speedskating) Joey Vickery (basketball) Nieva Embuldeniya (boxing) Kirby Cote (swimming) 1962 Manitoba ladies golf team
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I can't believe my time here has come to an end. Already looking forward to seeing Gibesa in October at
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Churchill railway could see fix soon. Federal sources tell me Omnitrax regulatory order won't derail ongoing takeover talks; local consortium will simply inherit the obligation to start repairs July 3 — the day Jim Carr is visiting http://winnipegfreepress.com/local/feds-say-ruling-wont-affect-plan-to-transfer-churchill-railway-to-locals-486108071.html …
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Niki Ashton reacts to report that her northern Manitoba riding has highest child-poverty rate in Canada: “This didn’t just happen; it is the result of colonization and continued, chronic underfunding.” Young population means huge implications for province’s economy.
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Buildings like the downtown Bay seem like they have been there forever - unless you are 101. Laura Johnson grew up in what is now the downtown and she played on the grounds of the Legislature and woods along Assiniboine River while watching as the Bay was being built.
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